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TEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Medford4!Tribunb Everyone in Southern Oregon Read! The Mail Tribune Published Dally Except Saturday by MEDFORD PRINTING CO. S7.29 North Fir St. Phone 8-6141 ROBERT W. RUHL, Editor ERNEST R. CILSTRAP. Manager HERB GREY, Advertllng Manager E C. FERGUSON. Managing Editor ERIC ALLEN JR.. City Editor HARRY CHIPMAN, Telegraph Editor RICHARD JEWETT. Sports Editor OLIVE STARCHF.R. Society Editor CERALD LATHAM. Circulation Mgr An Independent Newspaper Entered at second class matter at Medford. Oregon, under Act of March 3. 1897 SUBSCRIPTION BATES By MbII In Advance: .. Dally and Sunday one year $12 00 Daily and Sunday six month! 6 50 Daily and Sunday three mos. 3 50 Dally and Sunday one month 1.25 By Carrier In A d v a n c e Medford Ashland. Central Point. Eagle Point Jacksonville. Gold Hill. Phoenix Shady Cove. Rogue River, Talent and on motor routes: Dnily and Sunday one year 115 00 Dailv and Sunday one month 155 All Terms Cash in Advance Olflrl.il Paper of the City of Medford official Paper of Jackson County United Presa Full Leased Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION Advertising Representative: WEST-HOLLIDAY COMPANY. INC Offices In New York, i-nicagu. ivu. trolt, San Francisco. Los Angeles Seattle Portland. St Louis. Atlanta Vancouver, B.C. NATIONAL EDITORIAL AS0 TfjfiN NEWSPAMt PUtlUHItf ASSOCIATION Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County His tory (rem the tiles the Mail Tribune 10. 20. 30 and 40 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO May 2, 1942 (It was Sunday) Medford city officials report Start of construction of Camp White has brought city's popula tion to more than 16,000, com pared with 1940 census of 11,281. From Arthur Perry's Ye Smudge Pot column: Gasoline Is being rationed in these parts but there is still enough for lively wrecks and fender hustings. 20 YEARS AGO May 2. 1932 -i... (It was Tuesday) Woman claiming to be secret service Operative SMS-38 cre ates bedlam in county jail by throwing chairs at the walls and (creaming. Final tabulation of Literary Digest's "Prohibition Poll" shows residents of 48 states favor re peal; Kansas and North Carolina only states voting "dry." 80 YEARS AGO May 2. 1922 (It was Wednesday) Final Jackson county voter registration figures for 1922 show 7,048 Republicans, 2,674 Democrats, 133 Socialists and 94 Prohibitionists. Five members of Medford American Legion post resign when organization fails to con demn "law violations" by Ku Klux Klan. 40 YEARS AGO May 2, 1912 (It was Fridny) Members of Medford Suffrage eliib banned from using city li brary for meetings; women plan to fight library board decision. Beef prices reach "highest level ever known in the north west"; prime steers wholesale in local markets at 12 cents a pound. Safeway Employees Attend Annual Dinner Medford Safeway store em ployees were In Klamath Falls last evening for a Snfewny Stores Employees association an nual banquet at the Wlllnrd hotel. Other employees of the stores association from Klamath Falls, Lakcview and Grants Pass also attended as well as husbands and wives of the employees. About 50 persons from Medford made the trip. Talent provided by the em ployees from the various stores furnished entertainment. Med ford Bartlett street store em ployees won third prize in the show for their Interpretation of the "Shooting of Dun McGrew." T. C. Carter is manager of the store. Joe Sheridan, manager of the West Main street store here, was elected president of the asso ciation. Harold Johnson, district manager of Safeway with head quarter! here, and Mrs. Johnson, attended; LONG WAY AROUND Owosso, Mich. (U.R) James Hert, 40, fainted while operat ing a crane on a $700,000 addi tion to Memorial Maspital, A fellow worker, forgetting the hospital was only 100 ft. away, telephoned into town for an am bulance. By the time it arrived, Mcrt had been carried in the hospital, given an examination and was discharged. (TO Home Ec Extension Week This is National Home Demonstration week and for the 14,500 Oregon women enrolled in the work the period April 27 to May 3 has special signifi cance for it also marks the 34th anniversary of the home extension program in Oregon. A principal fea ture of the anniversary observance in Jackson county will be the Homemakers' Festival to be staged in the Central Point Grange hall on Wednesday, May 7. e e e e "THROUGH the Home Extension Service thousands of Oregon women have learned and are learning how to improve family health, comfort and happiness, how to become better informed and active citizens and how to impart their knowledge and skills to the younger generation. Members make their homes more convenient places in which to work and live. They learn how to prepare nutritious, economical and attractive meals, how to sew and do other useful and interesting things. Last year, in Oregon, they made more than 3400 dresses, suits, coats, and children's garments, and re upholstered and refinished hundreds of pieces of fur niture. 17TTHIN their communities, extension unit mem " bers sponsor health measures, school lunch pro grams, libraries, and beautification projects. Work ing together through the Oregon Home Economics Extension council, they have initiated a dental re search project on children's teeth, and have financed the building of a women's cooperative dormitory on the Oregon State College campus. Many of the 650 members in the 23 active units in Jackson county are helping to train 4-H girls and boys, acting as leaders and advisors. Besides all the other benefits, many women find membership in extension units brings new friendships and pleasant social contacts. THROUGH the home extension's affiliation with the Associated Country Women of the World there is interest in and study of the United Nations and support for the exchange of students and visitors between the various free countries. One of our own county members, Mrs. R. E. Carley of Sams Valley was a delegate from Oregon to the association's inter national meeting in Copenhagen last year. UOMEMAKERS active in extension work take se- riously the organization's motto "Today's Home Builds Tomorrow's World" and in a very practical way they are doing what they can to promote a strong family life, stress family responsibility and build character. What can be more important? On this 34th anniversary of their organization in Oregon we are glad to extend felicitations and best wishes for many more and equally fruitful years. . E.C.F. Where Smashups Occur What type of road, and what weather conditions are the most conducive to traffic mishaps in Oregon? 1WIOST of us think of narrow, slippery, or curve filled highways as the most hazardous. And they are danger points, but such stretches are not where most of the accidents occur at least according to Secretary of State Earl T. Newbry whose office keeps a check on traffic smashups. A straight, level highway as dcy as the proverbial bone offers more danger for this state's drivers than any other road condition, declares the secretary of state, and he has the figures to prove it. TN 1951, he says, well over half of all reported smash- ups and almost three-fourths of all fatal accidents occurred when the highway surface was dry. More than 25,000 accidents took place on a straight level roadway. Slightly more than 6,000 of these accidents were at rural locations, as compared with 19,196 in urban areas, but 144 fatal accidents occurred on straight highways in rural areas as against 41 in cities and towns. All of which adds up to the fact that on hazard iilled roads drivers slow down and use caution while on the straightaways they are more inclined to "step on 'er," with all too often tragic results. e e e IN VIRGINIA automatic light signals are being tried out on bad curves. "Detectors" are imbedded in the highways approaching perilous spots. Cars travel ing at 25 miles an hour or less cause a green light to come on ; at higher speed a red light gives its warning to the drivers. Maybe Virginia drivers need to be warned of hazards ahead. In Oregon the need is for warning against straight, level highways which invite too much sliced. E.C.F. Roseburg Hotel Added To Arnsberg Holdings Roseburg, Ore. U.R) Asa I. Arnsberg, owner of the Park Avenue hotel in Portland and the Medford hotel In Medford, has added the Umpqua hotel at Roseburg to his holdings, it was reported Friday. The US-room hostelry was purchased from J. A. Harding for more than $450,000. The five story structure is the largest hotel In Roseburg. Harding plana to retire and move to Portland, He has owned the Umpqua since 1926. DETROIT GROWING Detroit (U.R) A record total of 93,632 babies were born in Detroit in 1951. There were 1,500 mora buys than girls. Friday. May 2, 1952 Three Bus Lines Set May 8 as Strike Date Portland (U.R Spokesmen for union bus drivers, shopmen and ticket sellers for three bus lines said Friday union members will strike May 8 unless their demands are met. The bus lines Involved are Oregon Motor Stages, Northwest Greyhound and Overland Grey hound, Affiliated with the AFL Motor Coach Employes tinion, the Bus personnel want their six-day work week reduced to five with no cut in pay, plus a cost-of-living increase clause. The union has been on strike against Pacific Greyhound lines for several weeks. Dead line Sunday Cluslfledi la at noon Saturdays. Crosstown 1 "If you get into a game, try and win back a small portion of what all thai fishing equipment cost." Babscn Discusses His Youth By ROGER W. BABSON Babson Park, Mass., May 2. (Special to Mail Tribune) We read much in the newspapers these days about the need of America to undergo a mor al r e j u vena tion. In this column I have tried repeated ly to give sug gestions as to how to bring ' this about. I have suggested religion, ethics, education, thrift and a closer at tention to land ownership as some of the remedies. Today, I shnll attempt to go further into the "grass roots" of the problem. About the turn of the century a great sociologist named Char les Horton Coolcy coined a new word: "Socius." This man said that you could look at any man from two points of view: (1) As a member of his social group; or (2) you can look at any man as an individual apart from his group, or as a "rugged individ ualist." The "Socius" is what politi clansand labor leaders want all men to be. If they can submerge Individuality, they will then be able to achieve their goals. This explains why the Russians are working so had to develop col lective farms. Tile independent farmer thinks too much, as an individual, to fit into the Rus sian purposes. This also applies to Chinese farmers who own their farms, but not to "renters." American Democracy Came From Discussions In the "horse-and-buggy" era of our history the rugged individ ual rarely, If ever, let his own p rl v a t e convictions be sub merged by the group Judgment of a committee, board of direc tors, or political party. He be lieved that "one with God is a majority." He discussed his ideas with other rugged "grass-root" individuals. Democracy in Amer ica came from long hours of "cracker-barrel" discussions in country stores and homes far from city influences. Thinking requires quiet. Few people can think out prob lems when their ears and eyes are distracted by radios and tele visions. However helpful for quick communication these mod ern mechanisms may be, the danger always can be that poli ticians or some selfish group will dish up over them predigested dangerous Ideas and propaganda that they want us to believe. Little Red School Houses Symbol of Great Value The Little Red School House was a symbol of what was of great value. When it vanished In most communities and was re placed by the consolidated school, that change marked the turn from an old to a new epoch. What is the significance of this symbol, the Little Red School House? The farmer boy's daily educa tion began In the early dawn, doing his chores taking food and water to the animals, hand ling machinery, planting, grow ing or harvesting crops. When emergencies arose, he had to be alert to cope with them, which developed ingenuity and reason ing. By such training he also developed honesty, common sense and industry. Farm chores give real education, impossible from books. After breakfast, this lad was not bundled Into a bus to be driv en to some central school, often located many miles away. In stead, as a rule, he walked to his school. That walk did his body good. If he had to buck a billiard, resistance to the storm gave strength of will. At school, our farmer lad found himself largely on his own and was compelled to dig out most of the facts under the rule "God helps them that help them selves." At noon he could In dulge in "CNtro ; . '-u!ar" ac tivities, such as "baseball," E28L By RofondccjOig May Day Show "cross tag" or "pull away." Dur ing his long walk home, he had opportunity to mull over and re tain what he had learned. After supper he did his homework which "educators" now are talk ing of giving up. Pendulum of Life Swings Too Far The Little Red School House made for just the opposite of what we today call "Red." It was an institution that gave America its best great men, strong and fearless yes, rugged individuals. The pendulum of civilized life has swung too far away in opposite soft direction. It needs to swing more the way I have described. As a step in this direction en courage your boy to plant a vege table garden this spring. Urge him to care for the garden and market the product. Let him bank any money he may make from the sale of the garden prod ucts to you or elsewhere. A gar den, next to the Red School House, is a great character builder. COMMUNICATIONS Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer although under certain circumstances the use of a pen name or initial for publication is permissible. The Mail Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with a view to clarification and condensation. Letters submitted for publication must not exceed 400 words. Agrees on Time To the Editor: I agree with the letter published in The Mail Tribune on April 29 from Lucille Hays Scott. I can't see any ex cuse for the mixup in time as it is h re now. Let us all unite on the principle of what is best for the most people and not some special group. Enough said. Henry Currier, 111 Newtown Street, Medford, Ore. Governor Upheld To the Editor: The majority of those favoring standard time will not have opportunity to ex press opinions on a tape record er, on the radio, or to the city council, nor be approached to sign a petition to be sent to the governor requesting him to re verse his decision on DST. The squawks are so loud from those who object to our gover nor's proclamation they give the impression nearly every one wants DST. The fact is the results of the election two years ago showed very plainly the large majority of the population in Jackson county and the state favored Standard Time, and also gave the governor power to decide and act as he thought best. We have our neighboring state north which is not strictly on DST. And what about our neigh boring state on the east? Let's be fair, consider others point of view. Those who favor Stand ard Time have given some very good reasons why they do and evidently Gov, McKay agrees. Recreation Is not the only im portant matter to consider. For instance, the school children who will be standing along the country roads in the dark next Alderbrook Cafe Breakfast - Lunch Dinner - Sandwiches Refreshments ' 7 A.M. 'til 8 P.M. SATISFRIED CHICKEN OR f")AA BROILED STEAK DINNER 3X.UU With hot biscuits, fresh vegetable and ho-made pie Enjoy our free rock-mineral exhibit. Additional specimen appreciated. Gold panners welcome One Mile Wait of Cold Hill hira North on hard surfaced Sardine Creek Road (referred to as the Mystery House Road) About 1 Mile Beyond Old Oregon Museum. Seen as Satisfying To Stalin, Cohorts By PHIL NEWSOM United Press Foreign Analyst Josef Stalin and his Red lieu tenants must have viewed their May Day celebrations with con siderable satis faction. At 10 (Moscow Thursday a. m. time) the daylong pro- cession past the reviewing stand atop Len in s tomb be gan. It was at once a tribute to Soviet might,, to these men who have shown the most sheer cussedness and the great est ability at the double-X since Cain and Abel. Around the world, Commu nists and fellow-travellers pa raded, demonstrated or rioted in tribute to the master-planners' slogan: "Divide and conquer." Stalin and his men could tell themselves in some 35 years they had reached the point where they controlled the destiny of ap proximately 1,000,000,000 peo ple, or more than a third of the earth's population. Rest of World Scrambles Russia itself occupies more than one-seventh of the land sur face of the globe surpassed in world history only by the Brit ish empire at its peak. Aside from the peoples and land already under the Hammer and Sickle, most of the rest of the world, including the United States, is scrambling to stay out of its grasp. And yet, it is better to take warning from the May Day pa rade of Red might, rather than to look hopefully toward its head at a man who is 72 years old, who has been its guiding genius and who from the age factor alone might not be expect ed to be around too long. Health Apparently Good Stalin, the man who proudly records seven arrests by Czarist police and seven escapes? appar ently is in excellent health and intends to stay that w y. It is said that not one bottle of wine reaches his lips without fall waiting for a school bus if we change to DST. Arise earlier if you like, change your working hours. But it's not necessary to change the clocks, and attempt to regulate the lives of every one. Too much regulation now, most people will agree. Let's do write our Gov. Mc Kay and thank him for doing his duty as he sees it, In spite of all the pressure brought to bear on him. Mrs. Gertrude Lewin, Rt. 1, Box 280 Eagle Point, Oregon, via Shady Cove. Basin Residents Must Hold Decision Power Seattle (U.R) People living In the Columbia basin must con tinue to hold the power to make decisions concerning develop ment of the region, according to Gov. Arthur Langlle. In a speech to the annual con vention of the American Public Power Association, Langlie said: "I am not one who says the federal government has no place in development of the Columbia river or region, but I want the power to make decisions to re main in the hands of the people of the region. "There is no reason why local, state and federal representatives cannot work together in the in terest of the people." CAT IN ENGINE New London, Conn. (U.R) A local woman complained about her car purring. A mechanic took the car on a test drive but couldn't spot the trouble until he opened the hood. A large cat leaped out. being checked and rechecked and that all his meals are cook ed under the supervision of two chefs. He works a long day. breaking It up with a nap, except for about three months of the year between September and Decem ber when he goes to the Caucas ian Black Sea Coast on the bor der of his native Georgia. Stalin is one of the most pow erful men on earth, but he takes advice from other members of the politburo and shares respon sibility with them. His death Is not expected to produce a major crisis inside the Soviet state. In the Day's News BY FRANK JENKINS From Berlin: Two Russian jet fighters at tacked an Air France commer cial airliner with cannon and machine gun fire in the allied air corridor over the Soviet zone today. Two German passengers were wounded and two crew members (French) were nicked by bullets. None of the passengers or crewmen was an American. TRIGGER-HAPPY Soviet pi lots? I doubt it. Members of the Russian armed forces who do something the Kremlin doesn't want done seldom live long. There was some purpose be hind it. What purpose? That I wouldn't know. But the Rus sians are gunning to break West ern Germany loose from our side. They might figure that shooting at a French plane wouldn't be unpopular with Ger mans, who are hereditary ene mies of the French. Time will tell maybe. A BOARD the USSS Boxer off Korea: A cool sailor averted possible tragedy aboard this aircraft car rier the other day by sticking his finger in the mechansism of a live bomb to keep it from ex ploding. The bomb jarred loose from a returning jet fighter and went bouncing and sliding up the car rier's deck. The arming propel ler on its nose spun ominously. Ralph O'Dell, aviation ordnance man, rushed up, jabbed his fin ger into the space between the striking pin and the fuse body to prevent discharge and held it there until the bomb had been carried to one side. Then he slipped a piece of wood into the mechanism and calmly removed the fuse. fTHAT'S quick and accurate thinking. We need more of it in this hair-trigger world. HERE'S one from Leghorn, Italy: People here are saying a thirsty American in the middle of a desert would probably stub his toe on a bottle of champagne. "They're Just THAT LUCKY," the populace is saying. How come? The U. S. arm supply port command needed water. Water is so scarce in Leghorn that it is rationed even for drinking pur poses. The Communist city coun cil refused to allow an adequate supply for the Americans. So the army engineers DUG A WELL. At 170 feet they struck a supply yielding 1,000 quarts a minute. The doctors analyzed It and found it was a healthy min eral water of a kind that sells in Italy for 20 CENTS A BOTTLE! T UCKY? Heck .no! The Americans just had the wits to DIG for the water they needed. Quick wits, horse sense and WILLINGNESS TO DIG have made America what it is. T)Y THE way " That crack about thirsty Americans in the middle of a desert being so lucky they'd find a bottle of champagne is horse feathers. When Americans are thirsty, they're sensible enough to WANT WATER. They use champagne for cele- IN PERSON! The Most Talked of Band in the Northwest! JOHNNY REITZ AND HIS ORCHESTRA You've heard them on records, Now Hear Them in Person! ELKS LOUNGE IN ASHLAND SAT., MAY 3 10 P.M. to 2 A.M. For Elks and Their Ladies DINNER SERVED UNTIL DANCETIME Meet (he Candidates Editor's notes This is one of a series of statements furnish ed by candidates for local of fice in the primary election May 16. They are being pub lished by The Mail Tribune as a free service to the candi dates, and for the information of readers wishing to inform themselves of candidates' po sitions relative to their candi dacy. By RALPH E. SWEENEY Democrat, for County Treasurer In submitting my candidacy for re-election to the office of County Treasurer, Jackson coun- r I - tr (t! RALPH ty is assured the benefit of over forty years training and experi ence in office detail in the ad ministiation of the office. The large growth of our coun ty the past few years has result ed in an increase in the operating detail of the office. My years of training and experience has en abled me to maintain the high standard of efficiency I have set with the same office force (2) as in years past, thus saving the expense of hiring additional help. This is well worth the con sideration of the taxpayers. Your consideration of these quali'ications is respectfully so licited, and your support will be deeply appreciated. bration purposes only. Til L. JOHNSON sends me a Ills dipping of an editorial in the SF Chronicle dealing with rapidly rising costs of automo bile insurance and why. The Chronicle says: "The increase in the cost of driving an automobile resulting in the (recent) hike in insurance costs adds to almost everyone's cost of living, but this is one case of inflation in which the victim can blame nobody but himself. "Insurance rates are deter mined by the way drivers drive automobiles and the way juries award damages for injuries in accidents." iy L. SAYS: "I am just bring ing this to your attention for whatever you may see fit to say about it." Well, here goes: When people drive carelessly and bash fenders and collect from the insurance company, or when juries award excessive damages on the theory that the insurance company pays it any way so who cares, it isn't a case of GETTING SOMETHING FOR NOTHING. Insurance is based on the wise principle of spread ing the loss among a LOT OF PEOPLE instead of forcing one poor devil to bear it alone. When losses get too numerous, the cost of insurance goes up. Keep this in mind: THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS SOMETHING FOR NOTH ING. FROST DAMAGE TOLD Seattle (U.R) S ome frost damage was suffered by straw berry, raspberry and blackberry crops in the state as a result of the recent cold weather, the Washington agricultural depart ment reported Thursday. E. SWEENEY
